The Calm Before the Storm

Hallie and I are officially full term now (37 weeks, 4 days in fact), which means Hallie is officially invited to come meet her mom and dad at any point now!  We had a much more eventful doctor's appointment Monday than we have in the last several months.  I was 1 centimeter dilated and 60% effaced...more than I was expecting to happen.  Even more exciting, we were able to see Hallie again!  It had been 17 weeks since we saw her last.  They were able to confirm that she was still a girl (maybe I can sleep better at night now knowing I won't have to take a boy home to a pink room with all pink clothes!) and estimated her at about 6 pounds, placing her in the 52nd percentile.  Because she is so big at this point, most of the ultrasound pictures we received were hard to make out anything.  Sorry for the poor photography pictures below:

If you can't read the caption to the left, it says "I'm still a girl"  Obviously the doctor's office knows of my irrational fears that she will come out a boy

Her sweet little foot that I feel several times a day!



Travis (our seasoned veteran dad) and Blake spent last weekend putting some of Hallie's things together.  They of course tested their efforts on Mia:

Blake and I are both told at least once a day to "relax now and enjoy the quiet time, it will soon change."  Well everyone, we decided to follow through with the advice.  We declared today "Lazy Day."  We ate pancakes in bed this morning and watched the British Open (okay well I read my book) and got out of bed at 12:30 just in time to shower and then go watch the Women's World Cup.  Perfect day at our house.  Only thing that could have made it better though was if we had Hallie with us! 

So Hallie, if you were just waiting to make your appearance until your parent's had one last relaxing day, you can come out now!